Container for goods in transit.



UNITED STATES HENRY H. JOHNSON, 0F SUMMT, NEW?? JERSEY?.

l I CONTAINER FOR GOODS Hi! TR .To all w71 om it may conce/rn Be itknown that I. HENRY H. JOHNSON, a citizen ot' the United States, and aresident ot'Summit, New Jersey, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Containers for (loods in Transit, the principles ofwhich are set forth in the following specification and accompanyingdrawings, `*which disclose the form of the invention lvvhich I nowconsider to be the best of the ,various forms in which the principles ofthe invention may he embodied. "",This invention relates 'toimprovements in containers for goods in transit. ot' the gen- 'ir eralflexible type disclosed in my prior Pat- No. 396,090 of 1889. The objectof the invention is to provide a more simple and convenient container ofthe iiexible type, adapted for general use and for shipping goods whichdo not require either crating, or packing in boxes or trunks.

,i T he invention consists of the constructioni iown in the drawings, ofwhich- Figure l is a perspective of the packed. and closed coi'itainer,locked as by the padlock or .lead vseal at .3, and r indy for ship-1nent;.l `ig. 2 isa top plan, with the flexible wrapper A Open as far asnecessary for packing, and showing. the empty interior of the container;and Fig. 3 is a vertical seetion of the special end construction C ofFig. 2 along the line thereof.

instead of the {iexihle wrapper constituting the entire body, includingthe ends, of the container, as in my said prior patent, where t'hewrapper was folded on itself to close the ends ni the container, the twoends here,'as at E, Fig. l, are made separate, and at least one end (thelocked end at the right) is made rigid or at least with rigid houndariesas at U. 'ihe right hand locked-end is preferably made in one rigidpiece, having a surface E (Fig. l) and a Harige there-A on as shown at Cat tho right in Fig. 2., a section of this flange beingshown in Fig. 3.vWhen only the houiulary is rigid, as when the metal rings are used` asis permissible although not preferable, sonic lcxhh venteH rial likethat of the main wrapper A (such as canvas, leather or theliitof), ismounted as at E, Fig. l, in any suitable nay ou the rings to close theends of the container.y

',lhe rigid end piece at the looking end ,Gives permanent Vtorni lo thelocked ond of the container, and permits oi* most conve-,nient usewithout altering;r the essential char- Specification of ,Letters atent.

Application' filed May 4, i915.

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acter as a flexihie container. where the wrapper is partially1 ogi'neiin receive the goods. The lett hand end.v aix though it may heconstructed like the right end, ispieferal'lv leather or canvas seu'rd'to Wrapper A. niiiieteel thereto y The right end il (Fig. 3) ln.securing or reg the Wrapper i".

(lower) half et wrap; secured to this 1' rivets/rl; to ce to a pernianenalthough gen-er i iiexiblc. 'ff'rntainer. that is necessary that heupper i wrapper C {Fis :2), more espec' of the upper iztion. he reinovthe Hoods.

mit the inserto tie entire ed@ per C (Fig. 2 is separate end C above,The Pekin ably seein-ed by .i

The impr-tr hand ens Hinge i pins n which i re wrapper l to guide therighten closing position.

ot' vvra :per are of the edge haring brought flown on the ing: thestaples staples enter in,"r this ope ot' xvi-app. hand end i".

the registering holes per .t and the. 1 Leise 'n hi www has been appliedas above deficriheih the pins p are thereby made pa` i, olf-ihr coni:-plete locking system so thai the im Yre completely locked or sealedtogether es mng as-the final lock is in place.

;5 Obviously the cross section -hlm' con- ,ininer may-be, not onlyeirenlnr ehevvn,

but of any desired sha/pe.

I c1ai1n:. f- 1. A container adapted for transit, Which comprises twoend iif fiexible side-piece wrepp j to permitits side edges to i v'Qther throughout their length; one nii smid dini-pieces :having "arigid heumirny to :which ecQrreGPOndng end edge of the Hein bleyvrepperris connected; menne fer seein ngpcgetherfseid overlapping eideedg': ci

.`end-`edge of the Wrapper is to he 'Wrapped to bring its lsidifedgestogether to close the mntaiincr,l intermeshing registering ineensbetween the meeting eideecig the wA 'h pennnd between the end-'e e oi."the www l thewrnpper, and also the wrepperenchedge ind tIheend-piecerigid `lwundmxyn per and. said endqiiece; :1nd a lockingstrap hy whichthe side-edges of the. wrapper are locked, togetier und. the Wrapper islocked to the end-piece. Y

4. In :i emitz'xinnn, the combination with a liexihle wrapper, of twoseparate end-pieces around which the end-edge of the wrapper is to he wmed to bring its sidefedges together to c th( 'initziinen one of theend.- ein;T iernmnently secured to the end eilgg'e of the wrapper whichis wrapped :.uomnl it; the other end-piece having a. riejhl boundary,the lower part of which is pernmnentlj; Seemed to the lower part of theend-edge oi2 the wrapper which is wrelzwped ercnnd it; und u, detachablepinamlhole regist'erihg and locking means between the upper part of suchend-piece und the parte of the end-edge of the Wrapper which are wrappedaround it.

In a container, the combination with a eizihle wrzipl'ier, of twoend-pieces separate from the wrapper but connected thereto, and :i1-mundwhich the end edges of the Wrapper are to he wrapped to close the coli?,tnineg Staples und eyelets in the meeting side-edges of the wrapper; elocking strap secured et one end to the container near one end thereaf,and adapted to be threaded through seid. staples; and means for lockingthe .free end o? the strap to a, part near the oherend of the container.

` 'HENRY 1,1 JOHYSON.

llfitnesees Lernen M. linUNs, Aww C. ANDERSON.

